Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS Alps

I, David Williams, Master of the SS Alps, do solemnly, sincerely and truly swear that the following List or Manifest, subscribed by me, and now delivered by me to the Collector of the Customs of the Collection District of New York, is a full and perfect list of all the passengers taken on board the said SS Alps at Colon from which port said SS Alps has now arrived; and that on said list is truly designated the age, the sex and the occupation of each of said passengers, the part of the vessel occupied by each during the passage, the country to which each belongs, and also the country of which it is intended by each to become an inhabitant; and that said List or Manifest truly sets forth the number of said passengers who have died on said voyage, and the names and ages of those who died.
Sworn to this January 12, 1876

So help me God,
(signed) D. Williams

before me ________________(illegible signature)

List or Manifest of all the passengers taken on board the SS Alps whereof David Williams is Master, from Colon, Burthen 1020 tons.

Coloumns represent: Names, age in years and months, sex, occupation, the country to which they severally belong, the country of which they intend to become inhabitants, *died on voyage, part of the vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage.

  

  1* George H. Cash     53   male     seaman   U.S.A.  U.S.A.  cabin     
  2  Henry Stickney     57   male     merchant U.S.A.  U.S.A.  cabin     
  3  A. James           29 3 male     merchant Germany Germany cabin     
  4  D. C. H. Sternberg 31   male     merchant U.S.A.  U.S.A.  cabin     
  5  P. D. H. Sternberg 22 2 female            U.S.A.  U.S.A.  cabin     
  6  J. T. Ellenworth   25 3 male     merchant U.S.A.  U.S.A.  3rd class 


Transcriber's Notes:  
 
*  An asterisk indicates an error on the part of the
   original recorder, not the transcriber, or is used 
   to call your attention to additional information in 
   the transcriber's notes.

?  Indicates a letter or number which could not be determined 
   due to the condition of the manifest or handwriting of the original recorder.

^  A ^ followed by a letter indicates that the letter was superscripted.

*  The departure city of Colon, Panama can be found under Aspinwall (Colon), Panama.

*  Names were transcribed as seen regardless of spelling.

*  Passengers where numbered by the transcribers for ease of referencing.

*  None died during the voyage, therefore this coloumn was eliminated.

1: Surname may be Carp.

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